Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa should be indicted over his alleged involvement in falsifying a 2007 report compiled by his political fund management body, an independent judicial panel concluded Thursday in yet another blow to the ruling DPJ.
The decision by the No. 1 Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution said the prosecutors' decision in February not to indict Ozawa was "unjust."
Technically, however, the wording leaves open the possibility the 2007 case will be closed if the prosecutors decide once again not to indict Ozawa. However, if he is charged, he will face trial.